Helvering v. St. Louis Union Trust Co.

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1935-11-11

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Mr. Justice Stone, dissenting. Decedent, in making disposition of his property by his trust deed, retained a valuable interest in the property by which he postponed final disposition of it until his death. I think that the value of that interest was rightly subjected to the tax imposed by § 302 (c). This conclusion is strengthened and not avoided by construing the section as imposing a tax on the value of the int…

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